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Closing Comments
I’m not going to defend Guitar Hero: On Tour as a stand-alone: if you want the absolute Guitar Hero experience you really should grab the real deal for whatever console you may have. It’s a lot cooler and more social to jam out with full-sized guitars. But even though Guitar Hero: On Tour might not feel like playing guitar, it definitely feels like playing Guitar Hero: it’s an excellent portable representation of the full experience, and it’s incredibly hard to think of any way to do it better than how Vicarious Visions did it. The gameplay is spot on, and the peripheral’s great construction enhances the experience. What could have easily been a cheap, licensed rhythm game cop-out on the Nintendo DS is actually a serious project that works extremely well on the handheld.
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| 9.5 | Presentation The Guitar Grip is a fantastic compromise to get the Guitar Hero experience on the DS. Pair that with the excellent strumming, it may not feel like a guitar, but it definitely feels like Guitar Hero. |
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| 8.5 | Graphics Very impressive 3D bands and venues running behind all the action. Maybe we can get some music syncronization in the sequel? |
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| 9.0 | Sound All of the songs sound great. The line-up of tunes might not be your forte, but then again, which music game has ever pleased everyone? |
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| 9.0 | Gameplay Deal with the handcramps because even though you're not jamming on a huge guitar this DS game is fun as hell and very challenging...even for GH veterans. |
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| 8.0 | Lasting Appeal 25 songs is pretty impressive for a DS cart but might be a bit short for Guitar Hero standards. Still, with all the different modes in single and multiplayer, you get a lot of bang for the buck. |
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| 9.0 |
OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average) |
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